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Cricket Australia (CA) have officially confirmed their schedule for a historic full men’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh in June 2026, marking the first such bilateral visit in 15 years.

According to the board’s statement, Australia will play six white-ball matches on the tour, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) followed by three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), in a short but significant subcontinent assignment.

“Australia will end a 15-year gap between one-day matches in Bangladesh this winter with confirmation of six white-ball fixtures in the country in June,” the statement said.

The tour comes after Australia’s last full ODI series in Bangladesh in 2011, when they completed a 3-0 sweep in Dhaka, a series remembered for standout batting performances from Shane Watson, Michael Clarke, and Michael Hussey.

Their most recent T20I tour of Bangladesh came in 2021, where they suffered a surprise 4-1 series defeat despite a debut hat-trick from Nathan Ellis.

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A key development this time is a new broadcast rights agreement, which ensures the series will be available to Australian audiences, unlike the 2021 tour, which was not televised live in Australia.

“With the tour to also include three T20I fixtures, a fresh broadcast rights agreement struck this week will mean there is no repeat of Australia’s previous tour, which was blacked out to Australian viewers, making this the first men’s white-ball bilateral series in Bangladesh that has been viewable in Australia since 2011,” the statement said.

Australia’s ODI leg will take place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, with matches scheduled on June 9, 11, and 14.

The T20I series will follow in Chattogram, with all three matches set to be played at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium on June 17, 19, and 21.

Australia men’s tour of Bangladesh 2026 schedule

June 9: 1st ODI, Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka

June 11: 2nd ODI, Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka

June 14: 3rd ODI, Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka

June 17: 1st T20I, Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium, Chattogram

June 19: 2nd T20I, Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium, Chattogram

June 21: 3rd T20I, Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium, Chattogram

READ: PCB, Cricket Australia in talks over white-ball series schedule in Pakistan

Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah registered an unfortunate record for his involvement in the most hat-tricks by a player in international cricket history during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 match against Australia On Thursday.

Australian pacer Pat Cummins claimed the first hat-trick of the T20 World Cup 2024 to restrict Bangladesh to 140-8.

He bowled Mahmudullah, who was playing on 2, on the penultimate ball of the 18th over, followed by Mahedi Hasan’s wicket on the next delivery.

The right-handed pacer completed his hat-trick on the first ball of the last over by getting the prized scalp of Bangladesh’s settled batter Towhid Hridoy (40).

Notably, this was Mahmudullah’s third involvement in a hat-trick in T20I cricket, which is the most by any batter in the format.

Overall, the veteran batter has now been involved in six hat-tricks in international cricket, which is the highest among all players in history.

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Bangladesh went on to lose the match by 28 runs as per the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern (DLS) as Australia scored 100-2 in 11.2 overs before rain halted the action in Antigua.

Travis Head and Warner gave Australia a flying start to their pursuit of the 141-run target with their aggressive strokeplay, scoring 59 runs in the powerplay.

The game was briefly interrupted after the powerplay due to rain.

Australia lost Head, who scored 31 off 21, right after the rain break. Rishad Hossain got the prized scalp of Head, followed by the wicket of Australian captain Mitchell Marsh in the next over.

Warner continued his onslaught and raised his half-century in 34 balls with a six off Taskin Ahmed. The left-hander’s domination took Australia 28 runs ahead of the DLS par score when rain interrupted again

The second spell of rain was more severe and persistent, forcing the match to be called off. Consequently, Australia claimed a 28-run victory

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Asia’s footballing heavyweights made fast starts to the FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Thursday with Australia, Japan and South Korea plundering 17 goals between them in big wins on home soil.

The long road to the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico began in earnest in Asia with 36 teams in action Thursday.

Australia, who reached the last 16 at the Qatar 2022 World Cup before bowing out 2-1 to Lionel Messi and eventual champions Argentina, hammered Bangladesh 7-0 in Melbourne.

It was Australia’s biggest victory since 2019 and the perfect present for Graham Arnold, who took charge for the 59th time, a record for a Socceroos coach.

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Substitute Jamie Maclaren hit a second-half hat-trick in front of nearly 21,000 and it could have been even worse for Bangladesh but Massimo Luongo missed a late penalty.

“Seven goals, but it could have been more, for me too, but three points and we move on,” said Melbourne City striker Maclaren.

“I’m not even sure (goalkeeper) Maty (Ryan) had a save to make so proud of the team, but we obviously know the next games are going to be harder.”

Australia are in Group I alongside Palestine and Lebanon, who meet in Sharjah.

In Group B, Ayase Ueda also scored a hat-trick as Japan got their bid to reach an eighth straight World Cup off to an emphatic start with a 5-0 win over Myanmar.

The hosts were missing injured Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma but Feyenoord striker Ueda picked up the slack with a ruthless display of finishing in Osaka.

Daichi Kamada and Ritsu Doan also got on the scoresheet as Japan took early control of a qualifying group that also includes North Korea and Syria.

Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu demanded even more from his side despite their handsome victory in the World Cup qualifier.

“We had chances to score more goals,” said Moriyasu, who took Japan to the last 16 at the Qatar World Cup following stunning wins over Germany and Spain.

Not to be outdone, Jurgen Klinsmann went a little way towards silencing the doubters in South Korea as his side strolled to a 5-0 thumping of Singapore in Seoul.

Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min was among the goal-scorers, and it was a cracker, bending the ball left-footed into the top corner from outside the box.

Hwang Hee-chan of Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier headed home for his second goal in as many matches for his country.

“A huge compliment to the team, a very professional performance,” German legend and South Korea coach Klinsmann said.

“Five-nil is a nice scoreline to read but it doesn’t really show you the energy and effort you have to invest in order to get to that scoreline,” he added.

Also in Group C, Wang Shangyuan scored 16 minutes from time to give China a 2-1 win in Thailand and join South Korea at the top of the early standings.

China host South Korea on Tuesday.

In Group F, Vietnam beat the Philippines 2-0 away.

A record eight direct spots and one intercontinental playoff berth are at stake for 2026 for Asian Football Confederation sides, from nine groups of four.

The top two from each group go through to the final qualifying round in Asia.

Among World Cup qualifier games later Thursday, Saudi Arabia host Pakistan, Iran take on Hong Kong and Qatar play Afghanistan.

READ: Pakistan’s lineup for FIFA WC 2026 Qualifiers against Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh’s opening batters Tanzid Hasan and Litton Das scripted a flying start after being invited to bat, as they raised a 76-run stand for the first wicket.

Sean Abbott provided Australia with the breakthrough when he caught and bowled Tanzid Hasan after he scored 36 runs off 34 balls with the help of six boundaries.

Litton Das also scored 36 runs as his partner, however, he took 45 balls before Adam Zampa sent him back to the pavilion with 106 runs on the board.

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Bangladesh’s stand-in skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and Hridoy then knitted a quick 63-run partnership for the third wicket to lift the team’s total to 170.

Shanto scored 45 runs off 57 balls, but his innings ended while attempting a second run only to be run out as Josh Inglis dislodged the bails after collecting a near-perfect throw by Marnus Labuschagne.

Mahmudullah then joined Hridoy and they added 44 runs for the fourth wicket, but Labuschagne’s direct hit ended the former’s brief 28-ball stay, during which he scored 32 runs with the help of three sixes and one boundary.

Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehidy Hasan Miraz then played 21 and 29-run cameos respectively, while Hridoy held on to one end, scoring 74 runs from 79 balls, before getting caught by Labuschagne off Marcus Stoinis.

Bangladesh managed to score 306 at a loss of eight wickets in their allocated 50 overs, with Hridoy topping the runs chart.

Meanwhile, Australia’s Sean Abbott and Adam Zampa picked two wickets each.

PUNE: Australia have won the toss and elected to field first against Bangladesh in the 43rd ICC World Cup 2023 match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

Bangladesh

Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

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Australia

David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins (c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD:

Overall ODIs: Matches 21, Australia 19, Bangladesh 1, NR 1

ODI World Cup: Matches 4, Australia 3, Bangladesh 0, NR 1

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Glenn Maxwell is still feeling the effects of his stunning ICC World Cup 2023 double-century against Afghanistan and could now miss Australia’s final group match against Bangladesh in Pune on Saturday.

Australia will also look at calling up fast bowler Sean Abbott in a bid to rest one of their frontline pace trio, given captain Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have featured in all eight matches so far in the tournament.

The Bangladesh game is a ‘dead’ fixture for Australia, given they have already qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup 2023 after Maxwell’s astounding innings ensured they defeated Afghanistan by three wickets, having collapsed to 91-7 chasing 292, in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Five-time champions Australia are now set to play South Africa in a Kolkata semi-final on Thursday, having won six games in a row after starting the tournament with two defeats.

“He’s definitely been in full recovery mode the last few days,” Australia assistant coach Daniel Vettori said of Glenn Maxwell.

“We all saw the effects of the innings and in particular the heat, so I think today (Friday) is a big day,” the former New Zealand captain added.

“Obviously, we’ve had a couple of days off, so there’s been no training. He’s not here today but we’ll just see how he feels as the day continues.”

Glenn Maxwell, while completing his 147th run, suffered severe cramps in both legs and then underwent a back spasm as he collapsed to the turf at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.

Yet despite being barely able to move in his crease, Glenn Maxwell still went on to make 201 not out from 128 balls.

The 35-year-old all-rounder struck 21 fours and secured both victory and his double century with a tenth six.

Australia are set to leave a decision on whether to play Maxwell against Bangladesh until shortly before the game, with star batsman Steve Smith set to be recalled following a bout of vertigo.

If Glenn Maxwell is omitted and Smith included, that would spare Australia’s selectors from deciding if they had to drop either batsman Marnus Labuschagne or all-rounder Marcus Stoinis.

Meanwhile, Vettori said the 31-year-old Abbott had a chance of a World Cup debut.

“To try to get those three fast bowlers (Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood) through nine games and in a short period of time, we always presumed that would be a tough challenge,” said Vettori.

“So Sean was always in the picture as a potential replacement for one of them…It’s just weighing up how everyone’s come through these last few days.”

Although little rests on the outcome of Saturday’s match, Vettori added Australia were still keen to leapfrog South Africa into second place in the standings.

“I think the home dressing room at (Kolkata’s) Eden Gardens is better than the away one, so we want second place so we can get in that dressing room,” he said.

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GQEBERHA: Meg Lanning played a firm knock of unbeaten 48 to take Australia to a dominant eight-wicket win after Georgia Wareham and Darcie Brown stormed Bangladesh’s batting line in the Group A fixture of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Tuesday.

Set to chase a paltry total of 108, Opener Alyssa Healy and skipper Lanning led the charge for Australia despite an early setback when Marufa Akter dismissed Beth Mooney in the third over.

Haley scored 37 from 36 balls before she fell prey to Shorna Akter in the 13th over when Australia were still 30 runs behind the target. Lanning, however, remained solid on the pitch and sailed her side through the chase in the 19th over with Ashleigh Gardner (19*) on the other end.

Earlier, Wareham ran through the middle order after quick Darcie Brown unsettled the opening pair inside the first four overs of the Bangladesh innings. 

Bangladesh slumped to 11/2 in 3.1 overs after they opted to bat first as openers Shamima Sultana and Murshida Khatoon were dismissed early by Brown in her first spell.

Skipper Nigar Sultana, however, held the fort for Bangladesh but without any meaningful support from the rest of her teammates. She hit a valiant half-century while Wareham was scalping wickets at the other end.

The leggie found three wickets in the middle to disrupt the batting side despite Sultana’s lone heroics of 57 from 50 balls, laced with seven fours and a maximum. She was dismissed only in the 19th over by Gardner.

Megan Schutt then scalped a wicket in the final over to reduce Bangladesh to 107/7 in the 20 overs.

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BENONI: Bangladesh put on a collective team effort to down the strong Australian side in the opening match of the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup.

The inaugural edition of the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup kicked off with a major upset as Bangladesh thumped Australia by seven wickets with 12 balls to spare.

After opting to bat first, Australia could raise a skimpy 130/5 in their allotted 20 overs despite a cautious half-century by Claire Moore.

Bangladesh bowlers put on a dominating show as they kept things tight for Australia right from the start as openers Kate Pelle (5) and Paris Bowdler (7) perished cheaply at a combined score of 22.

Moore and Ella Hayward then attempted to anchor the innings with a gritty 76-run partnership for the third wicket but remained too slow as they conceded 79 balls in the process.

Moore, who brought up her half-century in 47 balls, perished briefly after and remained the top-scorer for Australia with 52 off 51 deliveries.

Australia then lost a couple of more wickets in the death overs with Hayward also departing after a cautious 35-run knock in 39 balls.

The rest of the Australian batters fell clueless against the Bangladesh attack which halted the side from amassing a big total.

Bangladesh in response looked more comfortable in their 131-run pursuit as they lost just three wickets in the expedition.

Unlike the final result, the start to Bangladesh’s pursuit remained quite rough for the Asian side as they lost their opener, Misty Saha, for a golden duck.

Opening batter Afia Prottasha and wicketkeeper-batter Dilara Akter then anchored the run chase with a solid 66-run partnership for the second wicket before both perished in the same over.

Right-arm pacer Chloe Ainsworth provided a much-needed breakthrough to Australia as she removed Dilara and Prottasha on the first and last delivery respectively.

Dilara remained the top-scorer for Bangladesh with 40 off 42 deliveries, while Prottasha scored 24 in 22 balls.

Following their departure, Shorna Akter and Sumaiya Akter then charged on the Australian bowlers and stitched a match-winning 51-run partnership before steering their side to glory in 18 overs.

Shorna remained unbeaten with her quick knock of 23 runs while Sumaiya struck 31 not out off just 25 deliveries.

Ainsworth led the bowling attack for Australia with 2/9, while Rhys Mckenna struck out a batter.

Meanwhile, in another fixture, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) registered a dominating four-wicket victory over Scotland to script a winning start to their World Cup campaign.

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WELLINGTON: Australia’s middle-order batter Beth Mooney starred with a valiant 66 not-out in the run chase to help her side continue their unbeaten run by defeating Bangladesh in the 25th match of the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup, here on Friday.

The defending champions Australia kept their unbeaten run on the track as the side beat Bangladesh by five wickets in a rain-affected match.

Set to chase a mere 136 in 43 overs, the side was off a poor start as they lost half of their side for a mere 70 on the scoreboard.

Australia’s middle-order batter Mooney then showed grit and anchored the run chase with her sensible knock. She faced 75 balls in the course of his astonishing knock and scored an unbeaten 66 with the help of five boundaries.

The right-handed opener Annabel Sutherland also chipped in with her 26 off 39 balls and put on an unbeaten and match-winning 66 runs partnership with Mooney to steer her side to the victory.

For Bangladesh, Salma Khatun led the way with three wickets, while Nahida Akter and Rumana Ahmed made one scalp each.

Batting first, Bangladesh could only manage to score 135/6 in the allotted 43 overs as Australian bowlers kept things tight and did not allow them to score freely.

Lata Mondal top-scored for Bangladesh with 33 in 63 deliveries, while Sharmin Akhter followed back with 24 off 56 balls. The rest of the batters, on the other hand, failed to make significant contributions despite facing a lot of deliveries.

For Australia, Ashleigh Gardner and Jess Jonassen bagged two wickets each, while Sutherland and Megan Schutt struck out a batter each.

READ: Imam shines with fifty as Pakistan need 215 runs to claim the series victory 

DUBAI: Aaron Finch and David Warner scored 58 runs together to lead Australia to a comfortable 74-run chase with eight wickets in hand against Bangladesh. 

Set to chase 74, Finch and Warner provided a solid start to their team with their opening partnership. Finch scored 40 runs off 20 balls laced with two boundaries and four sixes whereas Warner contributed 18 including three boundaries.

Mitchell Marsh scored 16 with the help of two boundaries and a six.

Taskeen Ahmed and Shoriful Islam bagged a wicket each for Bangladesh.

Earlier, Adam Zampa bagged five-wicket haul as Australia bowled out Bangladesh for 73 runs . 

Sent into bat first, Bangladeshi batters were rattled completely in front of Aussies. Mohammad Naim scored 17 runs off 16 balls with the help of three boundaries. Shamim Hossain made 19 runs off 18 balls including a boundary and a six.

Bangladeshi skipper Mahmudullah made 16 runs off 18 balls but couldn’t finish it with a good score for his team.

Zampa bagged five followed by Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood taking two wickets each and Glenn Maxwell managing one.

TOSS

Australia have won the toss and decided to field first against Bangladesh

SQUADS

Australia: David Warner, Aaron Finch (capt), Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah (capt), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam